April 2012
19 posts
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he...”
– Epicurus (via xenotv)
kottke.org: Are octopuses intelligent? →
jkottke:
They appear to be, although not in a way that we think of as intelligence sometimes. Fascinating article.
Octopuses have the largest brains of any invertebrate. Athena’s is the size of a walnut — as big as the brain of the famous African gray parrot, Alex, who learned to use more than one…
clientsfromhell:
Client: I need you to make me a logo
Me: Okay, did you have something in mind?
Client: No, just see what you can come up with
Client sees first couple drafts of logo ideas…
Me: What do you think?
Client: You tell me.
Me: Is there anything wrong?
Client: I think you should know if there is.
Me: I need some feedback.
Client: You don’t seem to like my answers.
Clients From Hell: Client: I thought you said the... →
clientsfromhell:
Client: I thought you said the website was friendly.
Me: It is. What issues did you experience?
Client: I typed in my password and I got the error. “Access Denied. Wrong Password”
Me: If you would like, I can give you your username and password.
Client: AFRIENDLY website would’ve given…
clientsfromhell:
Client: The site is not loading. I restarted the server and nothing happened. Me: What do you mean by restarting the server? Client: I closed Internet Explorer and opened it again
Clients From Hell: I work as a full-time... →
clientsfromhell:
I work as a full-time contractor for a client and participate in the weekly conference call. They were discussing whether to hire a job candidate. For purposes of this story, my name is Pat.
Client CEO: Well, he’s not perfect. I think we should hire him but still keep looking. Then if we find…
